[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-767":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544302,2006,"Chapter 767 - 767 761 Jin Zijin Returns to Qi Mountain for the New Year","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-767",767,"\u003Cp>767: Chapter 761: Jin Zijin Returns to Qi Mountain for the New Year 767: Chapter 761: Jin Zijin Returns to Qi Mountain for the New Year Gu Youyou took a deep breath and opened the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Gu Wen had been imprisoned for a year and had been released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, he made a fuss about Gu Youyou’s decisions, considering how much silver and land had been divided between Erya and Dabao, he naturally wouldn’t be satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Gu Youyou had divided everything, all the related procedures were done in front of the village head, and everything that needed to be done had been properly completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing he could do about it, even if he wanted to make a fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that land made the households of both families, though not extremely wealthy, quite comfortable by village standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dabao hadn’t remarried, and although Huang Xiangwen was keen on him taking another wife, he remained apprehensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the incidents with Lei Qianqian hadn’t been erased from his heart; he needed more time to accept the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erya and Shunzi had a boy on their first try, and now she was expecting their second child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The letter also mentioned asking Gu Youyou to name the child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou smiled as she read the letter, considering a plethora of names in her mind, but when she picked up the pen, she still didn’t write down a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a light sigh, she took the five-page letter and lit it on the fire, watching it turn to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she didn’t want to inquire about their well-being over the past year, nor was she cold-hearted and unwilling to reply to their letters; it was to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some in the village said that Gu Youyou had gone to her maternal family in Beijing and was living a good life, not bothering anymore with the poor relatives of the Gu Family in Lotus Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She feared that the things she cared about would become leverage in someone else’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Chinese New Year approached, Jin Zijin arrived at Qi Mountain to celebrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having not seen him for several months, Gu Youyou noticed from afar that he looked much leaner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by his disciples, he glanced at Gu Youyou from a distance before following them to meet Tian Jizi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing hadn’t come; it was heard that he had left for Xining earlier to attend to an important matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing it, he didn’t return to Beijing but quickly went on to Lingnan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the New Year imminent, he likely wouldn’t return until after the celebrations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t many whom Jin Zijin trusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Yue Rujing’s overt involvement in many court matters, he must have struggled to handle things alone, hence his weight loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Chun whispered to Gu Youyou, “Is that their eldest disciple brother returning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re staying in his courtyard; now that he is back, won’t he be angry and drive us out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou gave her a look and said, “You’re overthinking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he lacked even that much magnanimity, how could he be the eldest disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, it was his arrangement for us to stay here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>where will he stay now that he’s back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou gently tapped on Xiang Chun’s head and said, “You’re just a maid; focus on your work and don’t ask so many questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many buildings in Qi Mountain, are you really worried he won’t have a place to stay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou led Xiang Chun back to the house, but suddenly a big dog leapt into the courtyard, pouncing towards Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Chun screamed in fright, dropping the basket she was carrying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, on the other hand, laughed and embraced the huge dog’s head, saying, “You came along too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come here, let’s see if you’ve gotten any fatter recently!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to wag its tail like an ordinary dog, Abao merely stretched out its tongue and kicked its hind legs to show how happy it was at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still shaken, Xiang Chun patted her chest and said, “Miss, how did your dog find its way here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou cheerfully answered, “It’s coming to spend New Year’s with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Chun, go see if there’s any meat in the kitchen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that Gu Youyou wanted meat to feed the dog, Xiang Chun swallowed dryly before carefully making her way past Abao and out of the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>",745,"2026-06-06T06:54:59.385Z",1,"novelbin.me","027f804f267fe72e358fe613267619fddf1ee44b159c48617448f692cee5a177","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-768","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-766",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]